5) Advanced Mould Family Overview Part 4 (MIHK Family)

MIHK – Brown Hair

As with the figure above this variation feature the MIHK COO written across both legs, and as with before it’s likely that he can be found with most if not all the nine potential COO combinations. Although it is possible that this variation of Bespin Luke could have been found in the U.S. it would seem more likely that he was a variation found in Europe, mostly in the U.K. I have only ever seen one example of this figure on a card and that was a U.S. Kenner ROTJ 48 Back D, however the bubble on this card was very questionable with what appeared to be tearing to the card all along the inside of the bubble which just cry’s out recard, the card was also ungraded, which I know doesn’t mean anything but to me, a figure that never turns up on a card, and the card is an ROTJ 48 Back D which is quite hard card to find Bespin Luke on compared to most??? Just seems wrong. As far as I’m concerned this is a baggie figure which for what ever reason was distributed in the U.K. the most likely source being the Palitoy factory for Palitoy staff (Palitoy staff where able to purchase bagged figures from the factory itself). Although not all, the vast majority of the bagged versions of this figure come packed with the V.4 lightsaber which is generally regarded as a European variation, however this figure can be found in U.S. ESB-A baggies with the V.4 lightsaber. Just because the bag matches U.S. ones though, doesn’t mean that’s where it came from, especially given that the ESB-A in the U.S. would have been to early for brown hair, all other Bespin Luke’s found in ESB-A bags have yellow hair. It should also be noted here that the very dodgy looking carded version I saw was also packed with the European lightsaber which again goes against the grain. The most common baggie type which this variation can be found in is a none U.S. heat sealed bag with ‘Made In Hong Kong’ written long ways in plain letters across it.